This is a hands-on event where you will get play and explore and do science. The inaugural NextGen STEMFest is a day-long community-focused STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) festival occurring on May 10th, 2025 at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in Waltham, MA. The festival hours are 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and the event is suitable for all ages! Best of all, attend
ance is free! With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the NextGen STEMFest celebrates the 75th year that the NSF has played a role in incubating and supporting innovation and discovery that has changed and improved the lives of so many in the United States. At the NextGen STEMFest come let your curiosity wander with interactive learning activities and experiences from some of the world’s top STEM companies and university research labs. You will see and learn about regenerative medicine, explore new biotechnologies, hear from young people about their college STEM experiences, learn about physical computing, and more. You can sign up to learn how to use a laser, how to 3D print nearly anything, and learn screen printing at Massachusetts’ only youth-led innovation maker-space, the Charles River Collaboratory located at the Charles River Museum of Industry of Innovation. While you are at NextGen STEMFest you can also visit the Charles River Museum of Industry which will be free to visitors for the day, and at the same time just a few hundred yards away will be the famous Watch City Steampunk Festival. Website: https://nextgenstemfest.org/
